2014年职称英语考试《综合类C级》模拟题三-18317.pdf

2014年职称英语考试 综合类C级 模拟题三 一 词汇辨析 共15题 合计15分 1She is sick A fat B weak C ill D mad 2Mary is looking for the book she lost yesterday A trying to find B looking up C looking at D finding 3I rarely wear a raincoat because I spend most of my time in a car A normally B seldom C frequently D usually 4He is a physician A researcher B professor C doctor D student 5An important part of the national government is the foreign service a branch of the department of state A tree B division C root D leaf 6Mary gets up at six o clock every morning A rises B stands C arrives D comes 7Although I sympathize I can t really do very much to help A because B since C though D for 8Mary has made up her mind not to go to the meeting A tried B promised C decided D attempted 9I remember lots of things A much page 1 20 B large C big D many 10She will be pleased to meet you A angry B happy C sad D unwilling 11It is obvious that he will win the game A likely B possible C clear D probable 12They told the politician that he could depend on their support in the next general elections A expect B decide C count D doubt 13Did anyone call when I was out A everyone B someone C nobody D anybody 14It took us a long time to mend the house A build B destroy C design D repair 15I don t quite follow what she is saying A observe B understand C explain D describe 二 阅读判断 共1题 合计7分 回答16 22题 Scotland A Land of Wisdom In the 1740s the famous Frenchphilosopher Voltaire said We look to Scotland for all our ideas ofcivilization That s not a bad advertisement for any country when itcomes to attracting people to search for a first class education According to the American author ArthurHerman the Scots invented the modern world itself He argues that Scottishthinkers and intellectuals worked out many of the most important ideas on whichmodern life depends everything from the scientific method to marketeconomics Their ideas did not just spread among intellectuals but to thosepeople in business government and the sciences who actually shaped the Westernworld It all started during the period thathistorians call the Scottish Enlightenment 启蒙运动 which is usually seen as taking placebetween the years 1740 and 1800 Before that philosophy was mainly concernedwith religion For the thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment the proper studyof humanity was mankind itself page 2 20 Their reasoning was practical For thephilosopher David Hume humanity was the right subject for philosophy becausewe can examine human behavior and so find real evidence of how people think andfeel And from that we can make judgments about the societies we live in andmake concrete suggestions about how they can be improved for universalbenefit Hume s enquiry into the nature ofknowledge laid the foundations for the scientific method the pursuit of truththrough experiment His friend and fellow resident of Edinburgh Adam Smith famously applied the study of mankind to the ways in which mankind doesbusiness Trade he argued was a form of information In pursuing our owninterests through trading in markets we all come to benefit each other Smith s idea has dominated modern views ofeconomics It also has wide applications He was one of the philosophers topoint out that nations can become rich free and powerful through peace trade andinvention Although the Scottish Enlightenment endeda long time ago the ideas which evolved at that time still underpin 构成 的基础 our theories of humanexchange and enquiry It also exists in Scotland itself in an educationaltradition that combines academic excellence with orientation 方向 16Scotland is theright place to receive a first class education A Right B Wrong C Notmentioned 17According to Arthur Herman the Scots developed many important ideas which modernlife depends on A Right B Wrong C Notmentioned 18Philosophers had come to know the importance of studying humanity even before theScottish Enlightenment took place A Right B Wrong C Notmentioned 19David Hume was the first philosopher to study mankind A Right B Wrong C Notmentioned 20Smith s idea has extensive applications A Right B Wrong C Notmentioned 21Ourcurrent theories of human exchange and enquiry have nothing to do with the ideasdeveloped during the Scottish Enlightenment A Right B Wrong C Notmentioned 22Smith died in 1800 A Right B Wrong C Notmentioned 三 概括大意 共1题 合计8分 page 3 20 回答23 30题 Adult Education 1 Voluntary learning in organized courses by mature men and women is called adulteducation Sucheducation is offered to make people able to enlarge and interpret theirexperience as adults Adults may want to study something which they missed inearlier schooling get new skills or job training find out about newtechnological developments seek better self understanding or develop newtalents and skills 2 Thiskind of education may be in the form of self study with proper guidance throughthe use of libraries correspondence courses or broadcasting It may also beacquired collectively in schools and colleges study groups workshops clubsand professional associations 3 Modemadult education for large numbers of people started in the 18th and 19thcenturies with the rise of the Industrial Revolution Great economic and socialchanges were taking place people were moving from rural areas to cities newtypes of work were being created in an expanding factory system These andother factors produced a need for further education and re education of adults 4 Theearliest programs of organized adult education arose in Great Britain in the 1790s with the founding ofan adult school in Nottingham and a mechanics institution in Glasgow Benjamin Franklin and some friendsfound the earliest adult education institution in the U S in Philadelphiain 1727 5 People recognize that continued learning is necessary for most forms ofemployment today Forexample parts of the adult population in many countries find it necessary totake part in retraining programs at work or even to learn completely new jobs Adult education programs are springing up constantly to meet these and otherneed 23Paragraph 2 A Necessity for developing adult education B Earlydays of adult education C Ways of receiving adult education D Growth of adult education E Institutions of adult education F Definition of adult education 24Paragraph 3 A Necessity for developing adult education B Earlydays of adult education C Ways of receiving adult education D Growth of adult education E Institutions of adult education F Definition of adult education 25Paragraph 4 A Necessity for developing adult education B Earlydays of adult education C Ways of receiving adult education D Growth of adult education E Institutions of adult education F Definition of adult education 26Paragraph 5 A Necessity for developing adult education B Earlydays of adult education C Ways of receiving adult education D Growth of adult education E Institutions of adult education F Definition of adult education 27Someadults want to learn page 4 20 A by socialand economic changes B guided self study and correspondence courses C bystudying together with children D whatthey did not manage to learn earlier E datesback to the eighteenth century F massproduction 28There are various forms of adult education including A by socialand economic changes B guided self study and correspondence courses C bystudying together with children D whatthey did not manage to learn earlier E datesback to the eighteenth century F massproduction 29Adult education has been made necessary by A by socialand economic changes B guided self study and correspondence courses C bystudying together with children D whatthey did not manage to learn earlier E datesback to the eighteenth century F massproduction 30Theearliest organized adult education originated in A by socialand economic changes B guided self study and correspondence courses C bystudying together with children D whatthey did not manage to learn earlier E datesback to the eighteenth century F massproduction 四 阅读理解 共3题 合计45分 回答31 35题 Memory Psychologist George Spilich and colleagues at Washington College in Chestertown Maryland decided to find out whether as many smokers say smoking helps them to think and concentrate Spilich put young non smokers active smokers and smokers deprived 被剥夺 of cigarettes through a series of tests In the first test each subject 试验对象 sat before a computer screen and pressed a key as soon as he or she recognized a target letter among a grouping of 96 In this simple test smokers deprived smokers and nonsmokers performed equally well The next test was more complex requiring all to scan sequences of 20 identical letters and respond the instant one of the letters transformed into a different one Non smokers were faster but under the stimulation of nicotine 尼古丁 active smokers were faster than deprived smokers In the third test of short term memory non smokers made the fewest errors but deprived smokers committed fewer errors than active smokers The fourth test required people to read a passage then answer questions about it Non smokers remembered 19 percent more of the most important information than active smokers and deprived smokers bested those who had smoked a cigarette just before testing Active smokers tended not only to have poorer memories but also had trouble separating important information from insignificant details As our tests became more complex sums up Spilich non smokers performed better than smokers by wider and wider margins He predicts smokers might perform adequately at many jobs until they got complicated A smoking airline pilot could fly adequately if no problems arose but if something went wrong smoking might damage his mental capacity page 5 20 31The purpose of George Spilich s experiments is A to test whether smoking has a positive effect on the mental capacity of smokers B to show how smoking damages people s mental capacity C to prove that smoking affects people s regular performance D to find out whether smoking helps people s short term memory 32George Spilich s experiment was conducted in such a way as to A compel the subjects to separate major information from minor details B put the subjects through increasingly complex tests C check the effectiveness of nicotine on smokers D register the prompt responses of the subjects 33The word bested Para 5 most probably means A beat B envied C caught up with D made the best of 34Which of the following statements is true A Active smokers in general performed better than deprived smokers B Active smokers responded more quickly than the other subjects C Non smokers were not better than other subjects in performing simple tasks D Deprived smokers gave the slowest responses to the various tasks 35We can infer from the last paragraph that A smokers should not expect to become airline pilots B smoking in emergency cases causes mental illness C no airline pilots smoke during flights D smokers may prove unequal to handing emergency cases 回答36 40题 Optimism Ever won the lottery No But did that stop you buying another lottery ticket If the answer is another no you might call yourself an optimist According to researchers at University College London human beings are sanguine creatures It is all in the brain they say A study suggests that human brain is very efficient at processing good news about 80 of people have a tendency to see the glasses half full not half empty even if they don t consider themselves to be optimists The good news is that this brings a health benefit Having a positive outlook on life reduces anxiety A study of nearly 100 000 women showed a lower risk of death from heart disease among optimists But there are problems in always having an optimistic attitude The authors of the study point out that the 2008 financial crisis may have been caused by analysts over estimating their assets performance even in the face of clear evidence to the contrary There are personal health risks too Dr Tali Sharot lead researcher said Smoking Kills messages don t work since people think their chances of cancer are low There s a very fundamental tendency in the brain But as they say every cloud has a silver lining Even if seeing the world through rose colored glasses poses a risk to our health it s not something that is likely to cause us to lose sleep Let s just keep our chins up and keep smiling page 6 20 36What does sanguine Para 2 mean A Depressed B Cheerful C Lucky D Emotional 37The study mentioned in Paragraph 2 indicates that people A are more optimistic than they believe B are less optimistic than they believe C like good news more than they think D like good news less than they think 38What mistake might analysts have made during the 2008 financial crisis A Collecting false information B Overemphasizing evidence C Misjudging the situation D Giving a pessimistic forecast 39The author suggests in the last paragraph that we A adjust our goals in life B learn to release bad mood C avoid being overoptimistic D maintain a positive attitude 40What is the main idea of the passage A People tend to be optimistic even in crisis B Optimists enjoy life better than pessimists C Being optimistic has both benefits and risks D Optimism is what keeps us going forward 回答41 45题 Chapter A Day Don t have time to read anymore Now you can get free quick literature via email More than 100 000 people open their email each day to read a chapter of a book through Chapter A Day an online book club created two years ago It s a free email service that provides a short daily reading for busy people exposing them to literature they may not find on their own inspiring some to recommit to the reading habit About 550 public library systems representing over 3 000 branch libraries already have signed up to offer Chapter A Day Via email participants get about five minutes worth of reading every day After three chapters are emailed the installments stop and those who want to keep reading can borrow the book at their public library or purchase it online Chapter A Day has eight free book clubs and sells thousands of books each month Chapter A Day started in 1999 when Suzanne Beecher a lifelong book lover realized how many of the women who worked part time for her software development company didn t have time in their busy lives to read She decided to type part of a chapter of a book and send it to her employees through email The next day she typed a little more and continued to send literary installments each day She says she started getting feedback from the staff about how reading made them feel They were interested and realized that though they didn t have time in their busy lives for reading just reading that little bit each day got them back in the habit Realizing that many other people could benefit she decided to take the idea even further and start an email chapter a day book club to help others ease their way back into daily reading Reading makes changes in people s lives Beecher says Pat Dempsey a librarian at a public library in Ohio has found Chapter A Day helps her library clients get back in the habit of reading It s a different way to get people hooked on books she says page 7 20 41Chapter A Day is intended to help people A get back into the habit of reading B relieve stress from office work C find interesting books online D buy books more conveniently 42The passage was written in A 1999 B 2000 C 2001 D 2002 43It can be inferred that through Chapter A Day A public libraries have become crowded with readers B Ms Beecher made much money for her software company C people begin to read very slowly and patiently D people cannot finish reading any book online 44The word installment in the passage probably means A a library email B a rare piece of literature C a free novel D a part of a book 45Ms Beecher decided to expand her Chapter A Day service because A over 3 000 libraries had joined B many other people could benefit C eight book clubs supported her D free email service was available 五 补全短文 共1题 合计10分 回答46 50题 The First Four Minutes When do people decide whether or not theywant to become friends During their first four minutes together according toa book by Dr Leonard Zunin In his book Contact The first fourminutes he offers this advice to anyone 46 Every time you meet someone in asocial situation give him your undivided attention for four minutes A lot ofpeople s whole lives would change if they did just that You may have noticed that the averageperson does not give his undivided attention to someone he has just met Hekeeps looking over the other person s shoulder as if 47 If anyone has ever done this to you youprobably did not like him very much When we are introduced to new people theauthor suggests we should try to appear friendly and self confident Ingeneral he says People like people who like themselves On the other hand we should not make theother person think we are too sure of ourselves It is important to appearinterested and sympathetic realizing that the other person has his own needs fears and hopes Hearing such advice one might say But I m not a friendly self confident person That s not my nature Itwould be dishonest for me to act that way In reply Dr Zunin would claim that alittle practice can help us 48 We can become accustomed toany changes we choose to make in our personality It is like getting usedto a new car It may be unfamiliar at first but it goes much better than theold one But isn t it dishonest to give theappearance of friendly self confidence when we don t actually page 8 20 feel that way Perhaps but according to Dr Zunin total honesty is not alwaysgood for social relationships especially during the first few minutes ofcontact There is a time for everything and a certain amount of play acting may be best for the first few minutes ofcontact with a stranger That is not the time to complain about one s health orto mention faults one finds in other people It is not the time to tell the whole truth about one s opinions andimpressions Much of 49 alsoapplies to relationships with family membe